The arts have always been a part of American education - though often a small part. Sometimes they were used to encourage creativity...and sometimes, as during the turn-of-the-century wave of immigration, the arts were used to develop manual dexterity to prepare kids for the workforce. Now, for the first time, the arts are part of the national core curriculum through Goals 2000. Phyllis Joffe reports on the history of arts education in this country.
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